Orchestra
THE UNLV SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
The UNLV Symphony Orchestra at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas,
is comprised of undergraduate and graduate students, both music majors as well as students from other degree programs.
The mission of the Orchestra is threefold:
1) to train music majors to become professional performers and teachers;
2) to introduce non-music majors to high-quality music-making; and
3) to enrich the cultural life of the University and the Las Vegas community.
The Orchestra presents up to eight full-length programs each season that include orchestral repertoire ranging from the early Baroque through the present day. The Orchestra performs at least one major work with chorus every year as well as one complete opera. Student soloists are featured each year, either on the "Student Soloists Concert" or as guest artists who have won the Department of Music's annual Solo Concerto Competition. The list of guest conductors and soloists with the Orchestra includes Itzhak Perlman, Sarah Chang, Rachel Lee, Edgar Meyer, Oleh Krysa, Wei Wei Le, Andrew Smith, Mykola Suk, Kaitlen Tully and many others.
The Orchestra's Music Director is Taras Krysa.